US embassy cable - 04AMMAN1638

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Identifier:	04AMMAN1638
Wikileaks:	View 04AMMAN1638 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Amman
Created:	2004-03-04 09:57:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PREL PARM PTER IZ JO
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 001638 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/03/2014 
TAGS: PREL, PARM, PTER, IZ, JO 
SUBJECT: JORDAN STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ 
 
REF: STATE 47118 
 
Classified By: Political Counselor Doug Silliman for Reasons 1.5 (b), ( 
d) 
 
 1.  (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points March 3 to 
Manar Dabbas, Acting Director of the Foreign Minister's 
Private Office.  Dabbas agreed on the need for Arab states to 
publicly denounce the March 2 terrorist bombings in Iraq and 
noted that King Abdullah had strongly condemned the attacks 
in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Tony 
Blair. 
 
2.  (U) While in London, the King stated, "We are shocked and 
dismayed at the heinous crime that was committed today (March 
2) in Iraq," and he further deplored the "targeting of 
innocent Shiites to try and create a struggle inside Islam." 
In Amman, minister and government spokesperson Asma Khader 
told the press, "The government firmly condemns these actions 
which target innocent civilians and denounces the use of such 
methods, no matter what are the reasons behind them." 
 
Please visit Embassy Amman's classified web site at 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/ or through the 
Department of State's SIPRNET site. 
GNEHM